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forever war en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:international relations) A war or armed conflict that continues without clear conditions for victory or an agreed endpoint, so it appears effectively endless or unwinnable.
    • “I don’t think either President Trump or President Biden are going to solve the debt crisis in this country, which is existential. I don’t think either of them are going to get us out of foreign wars, this addiction that we have to forever wars,” he said. 2024 April 1, Aaron Pellish, “RFK Jr. argues that Biden is a bigger threat to democracy than Trump”, in CNN, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2024:
    • President Volodymyr Zelensky has known the day would come when the idea of another “forever war” became unappealing to NATO, and the world’s largest military alliance eventually sought to wind down its involvement. 2024 November 9, Nick Paton Walsh, “Trump’s second term could bring chaos around the world. Will it work?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2024:

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Synonyms

endless war